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M. A. REINERT, Executrix. POOL BALL BOX.

Patented Jan. 17, 1888.

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FRANK REINERT,-OF NEW'ARK, NEW JERSEY; MARIA A. REINER-T EXECU- TRlX OF SAIDFRANK REINERT, DECEASED.

POOL-BALL BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,549, dated January 17, 1888.

Application filed June 24, 1887. Serial No. 242,361. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK REINERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Im provementsin Pool-Ball Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

.and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the arrangement of pool-balls upon the pooltable preliminary to playing a game and to provide a ball-receptacle of increased convenience and of reduced cost; and the invention consists in the improved pocket, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure l is an enlarged horizontal section of apool-ball receptacle, taken on line Y, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a plan of the device, showing the drawer of the device partly withdrawn; and Fig.3 is a vertical section taken through line X.

In said drawings, a indicates a triangular case or pocket, adapted to receive a triangular drawer, b, to hold the balls 0 in the positions shown in Fig. 1, in which said balls are to be played upon at the beginning of the game ,termed pool.

The drawer b is without a bottom, so that when it is drawn out of the pocket, carrying the balls with it,the saiddrawer may be lifted' off the balls, leaving the latter in position to be played upon, said balls remaining in sight of the operator during the operation. The drawer being bottomless, or open at both its upper and lower sides, as in Fig. 3, no care is required on the part of the operator to place the device on the table in the correct position, there being no up side or down side, properly so called.

The outer or front side of the drawer is given a forward bend at its central part, as at d, forming a recess, e, in the inner face of said side, across which is secured an elastic spring r or band, adapted to hold the players ball g in'position separate from the balls 0, so that when said drawer is lifted from the balls 0 the ball 9 is retained in the drawer and may be re moved by the hand.

The drawer is held in the pocket or case by a suitable catch, h, and is provided with a hand-piece, 2', for drawing it from said case. Said hand-piece maybe a ring, whereby the device may be suspended from the wall. Said catch and suspending device may be reversed in their relations, and other changes may be made in the construction of the device without departing from this invention.

I am aware of the pool-ball box or case shownin United States Patent No. 294,200. In my device the triangular bottomless drawer is detachable from the case,so that by a single movement the balls are laid on the table and are exposed so as to be manipulated by the I player before the said drawer is withdrawn from the group of balls. At the close of a game, by-the improved construction, thedrawer may be set over the balls, the top being open to allow the adjustment of any irregularlydisposed balls, and by a single movement the drawer and balls may be thrust into the case and be locked therein, so that the case may be suspended from the wall. Again, the movement which brings the balls into position on the table to be played upon exposes the playing-ball g, so that it may be readily and conveniently grasped by the player without subsequent uncovering of an independent receptacle. The spring holds the playing-ball to the drawer separate from the other balls, and yet allows of its being easily removed when wanted.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is The improved pool-ball receptacle, combining therein a case, a, a triangular drawer having a recess, 6, and spring f, for holdingthe players ball in position, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that -I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of June, 1887.

FRANK REINERT.

Witnesses:

CHARLES I1. PELL, OSCAR A. MICHEL. 

